It has always seemed that a fear of judgment is the mark of guilt and the burden of insecurity. — Criss Jami Burden Copy Share Image
I'm often painted as the bad guy, and the artistic part of me wants to hand out the brush. — Criss Jami Art Copy Share Image
Telling an introvert to go to a party is like telling a saint to go to Hell. — Criss Jami Hell Copy Share Image
It always seems as though the definition of love will remain debatable by an opinionated world. — Criss Jami Debatable Copy Share Image
I'm never proud of my old work. I always feel as though my skills have since improved. — Criss Jami Feels Copy Share Image
“You are under not a single obligation to follow people who are always mistaken.” — Criss Jami Being right Copy Share Image
Never rebel for the sake of rebelling, but always rebel for the sake of truth. — Criss Jami Rebel Copy Share Image
“Propaganda is the evil twin of Fiction: while Fiction is the art of telling the truth without ever telling the truth, Propaganda… — Criss Jami Art Copy Share Image
Generally, there is a lot of truth value in stepping back, observing, then logically generalizing the extremes of what you see. — Criss Jami Extremes Copy Share Image
The thing about stereotyping is it's usually just throwing rocks into a crowd hoping to hit somebody who deserves it. — Criss Jami Crowds Copy Share Image
Seeing the glass as half empty is more positive than seeing it as half full. Through such a lens the only choice… — Criss Jami Choices Copy Share Image
“The only truths worth arguing about are those truths that could prevent or lead to circumstances that may bite us in the… — Criss Jami Apologetics Copy Share Image
“All men are born firstly with the instinct to protect themselves. But few grow to really love themselves, and even fewer learn… — Criss Jami Birth Copy Share Image
If what you create seems to turn out much stranger than who you are as a person, it's probably because your heart… — Criss Jami Heart Copy Share Image
“Sanity can defend a man's poor behavior only up to a point, and that point ends when he refuses to help himself;… — Criss Jami Addiction Copy Share Image
Credentials are like potential energy, the compliments of a name on paper, in documents, word of mouth, but faith is like kinetic… — Criss Jami Compliment Copy Share Image
One of the biggest contradictions in self-proclaimed open-mindedness is to say that we're all one but when a true bigot comes around… — Criss Jami Benefits Copy Share Image
Because there are hundreds of different ways to say one thing, I, being a writer, songwriter, and poet, speak childishly and incoherently.… — Criss Jami Communication Copy Share Image
Self-righteousness is much like a spiritual egocentricity. It constitutes a secular type of love that thrives under conditionality, one in which is… — Criss Jami Adopted Copy Share Image
“Pride can make one a stronger person in the one sense, or so it is often believed, when based solely on the… — Criss Jami Corruption Copy Share Image
“A lack of illusion is golden, and it is quite possible that creativity is the highest form of intelligence. One might further… — Criss Jami Brain Copy Share Image
Even though artists of all kinds claim to put their hearts and souls into their works, it will only confuse you, for… — Criss Jami All kinds Copy Share Image
“God is not a God of confusion, although at times one's judgment, for a period, may become clouded in the mi(d)st of… — Criss Jami Acceptance Copy Share Image
To be honest, one can only feel glad that so many modern iconoclasts consider Christianity to be full of exceptionally hypocritical, religious… — Criss Jami Accurate Copy Share Image
As followers of Christ, we are to be careful not to remain victims of the many cultural presuppositions of who he is,… — Criss Jami Be careful Copy Share Image
Love begets wisdom, thus it is, as often misconceived, more than vain layers of tenderness; it is inherently rational and comprehensive of… — Criss Jami Assuming Copy Share Image
When we begin to reflect Christ, the Bible, when more understood as being centered around Christ, seems to be potentially every man's… — Criss Jami Bible Copy Share Image
“Fanaticism can often be a normalized phenomenon, and the unwritten recipe suggests that it starts and ends with absolute certainty. If you… — Criss Jami Certainty Copy Share Image
“I won't be stuck in traffic 'til I see how rugged my path is And right now I'm loving how fast my… — Criss Jami Clever Copy Share Image
“You don't have to die to self and acknowledge Jesus as Lord of your life when you regard Him simply a desperate… — Criss Jami Christianity Copy Share Image
In the modern Christian attempt to take a stand as Christ did, and maybe for others, win the approval of the world,… — Criss Jami Advocating Copy Share Image
Sometimes a people lose their right to remain silent when pressured to remain silent. — Criss Jami People Copy Share Image
The first ingredient to being wrong is to claim that you are right. — Criss Jami Being wrong Copy Share Image
“There have been times I've felt so much art in my soul I grew sick of artists.” — Criss Jami Addiction Copy Share Image
We first become salesmen as children in the confession booths of our parents. — Criss Jami Children Copy Share Image
The only thing more frustrating than slanderers is those foolish enough to listen to them. — Criss Jami Enough Copy Share Image
The hard part about one being tough yet meek is the illusion of being a punching bag. — Criss Jami Bags Copy Share Image
